Lexmark Cartridge No. 88 - print cartridge

Advantages: Colur quality , ease of fitting , will fit many printers
Disadvantages: Cost

...This cartridge fits a variety of Lexmark printers. In general it is easy to fit - with the usual load and lock Lexmark carriage on your printer. Just take off the tape covering the print head insert the cartridge and lock into the carriage. Most printer software will detect this change and then ask you to go through the simple cartidge alignment procedure The cartridge produces quality output - colours are very good and realistic. depending on the printer you can get near photo quality prints from this cartidge It has a reasonable output in terms of number of pages it will create My only gripe is the cost of these cartridges - you need to consider refilling them as a cost effective way of prolonging their life. In some cases the cartidge will costy more than the printer cost originally . Lexmark need to do something about this .... Read review

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Advantages: easy fitting, decent lastability
Disadvantages: expensive, limited compatibility

...The lexmark 82 cartridge is a decent ink cartridge that delivers all that you expect but nothing more and ends up being satisfactory. It is a black ink catridge compatible with the following printer series: X5100 series Z55 series Z65 series As you can see the lexmark 82 is not compatible with a lot of printers. Whenever i see other ink cartridges, their list of compatible printers is usually quite long but not this one. As a result the cartridge is not in as much demand as other cartridges and i often find that my local high street stores dont sell them or are out of stock. The main problem with this cartridge is the price. Whenever i go to my local high street to buy ink i always find that this ink cartridge is always more expensive than most of the other ink cartridges for other lexmarks, as well as other printer brands... Read review

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Advantages: Lasts some time
Disadvantages: Very expensive, there does not seem to be compatibles

...Those who haven't may wish to read my review on the Lexmark 3200 printer these work with. On the positive side, I did find this cartridge and its sister cartridge the 12A1970 lasted quite a long time in my printer. This is only in ocasional use however and mostly for printing black text documents with the occasional graphic so this colour cartridge was not getting used much. To those who would use it often, a more economical printer would be suited. The print quality for this is average but that depends more on the printer than the cartridge as does the print speed, which is as slow as it comes on the 3200. It does have failings however. The largest of these being its price tag. At last check it hink it was £25-£30 for this cartridge. This along with the lack of compatibles on the market make this, and the printer it fits, a very... Read review

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